sinquefield cup 2024 – Chessdom

Sinquefield Cup 2024 LIVE

Sergio — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:56:00 +0000

The Saint Louis Chess Club will host the 2024 Sinquefield Cup with a $350,000 total prize fund. It is the strongest tournament on American soil and will be the final opportunity for competitors to earn points in the 2024 Grand Chess Tour and at the end of the tournament, a new tour champion will be crowned. Sinquefield Cup 2024 will be daily live on Chessdom, with coverage of all games, social media reactions, commentary, live video and more.

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Sinquefield Cup 2024 – all details

Sergio — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:43:21 +0000

Sinquefield Cup 2024 is going to take place 19-27 August and will be daily live on Chessdom, with coverage of all games, social media reactions, commentary, live video and more.

This year’s edition of the Sinquefield Cup 2024 has a specific curiosity – it will see a preview of the World Chess Championship 2024 with a game between Gukesh and Ding Liren. The game will happen right from the start of the tournament and Ding Liren will have the white pieces. Scroll down for the full pairings.

Sinquefield Cup 2024 participants

Alireza Firouzja
Fabiano Caruana
Wesley So
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
Dommaraju Gukesh
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Ding Liren
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Anish Giri

Pairings round 1

Fabiano Caruana – Alireza Firouzja
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa – Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Ding Liren – Dommaraju Gukesh
Anish Giri – Wesley So

Both participants of the upcoming FIDE World Championship Match, D. Gukesh and Ding Liren, have arrived in St. Louis and met for the first time at our production house, where we conducted interviews with them. Are you looking forward to their game in the Sinquefield Cup, which… pic.twitter.com/fEp9cvcD2y
— Grand Chess Tour (@GrandChessTour) August 17, 2024

Gukesh – Ding Liren game 1

Sergio — Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:37:52 +0000

Gukesh and Ding Liren are the two contenders for the FIDE World Chess Championship 2024. The event will take place in Singapore and will be a 14 games match.

So far Gukesh and Ding Liren met twice in classical chess. Both encounters were at the Tata Steel Masters. In the 2023 edition of the competition Ding Liren won the game with black. The same feat he repeated in the 2024 edition of the tournament, making their classical head-to-head score 2-0. In rapid and blitz the score is in favor of Gukesh, with one game drawn and one game won by the Indian.

All news about Gukesh / All news about Ding Liren

Ding Liren will have white against @DGukesh in round 1 of #SinquefieldCup

This may be the first and last preview of the #FideWorldChampionship match, that will take place this year in Singapore

See all details and pairings of Sinquefield Cup herehttps://t.co/JbAsqeLeoA
— Chessdom (@chessdom) August 18, 2024

Gukesh – Ding Liren game 1, Sinquefield Cup 2024

In this year’s edition of the Sinquefield Cup, Gukesh and Ding Liren will treat us with a preview of the upcoming World Chess Championship 2024. In a strong field, they will have to both show solid game and hide future preparation for the upcoming match. Generally, the expected score of such pre-games is a draw, but scoring a full point is certainly a psychological edge.

Update: Ding Liren had advantage in the game and missed 20…Re1 with winning chances. The game ended in a draw The updated classical score Gukesh – Ding Liren is 0,5-2,5